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7. Cf. Lewicki, T. Subdivisions de l’lbadiyya, Studia Islamica, Paris,
1958, IX, 71-82; E.I. 1 art. al-Nukkar, inter alia.
8. This date of 3rd Dhu’l-Hijjah 272 as given by al-Saliml in the Tufifah
(ed. cit.) 196 is correct. The Kashrs date of 3rd Dhu’l-tfijjah 273 is an
error as an addition of the years of his Imamatc to the date of his election
will prove.
Thanks to the generous hospitality of H.E. the Minister of the National
Heritage, the present writer was also to spend some time examining the
new manuscript collection and would like to record his thanks both to His
Excellency and his staff for the facilities extended him as also to Dr. Rex
Smith for his patience in helping unravel some particularly thorny
passages in these manuscripts.

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